Recap: Rone versus Goodz makes for an odd matchup on paper, but the two battle rap vets still put on a highly entertaining battle nonetheless in this one-rounder from KOTD. Going first, Rone does Rone: plenty of white-boy swag with an oft-frenzied mix of potent (“You have the body type of an overstuffed teddy bear, all that extra flesh God and you couldn’t stick a neck in there?”) jokes, rapid schemes, animated name flips and robust (“Paper or plastic, man I got a bag for the goods, I will put you in the news, like Noah the story could, we’ll tune into Good Morning America to see America mourning Goodz!”) punchlines. But it’s Goodz (despite making it clear how much he was only doing this battle for the bread), who’s always the favorite when it comes to one-rounders, that uses a more versatile and condensed mix of splendid wordplay, fresh out the box puns, witty (“I’m battling a real good kid, this don’t even seem right, the toughest thing you ever did probably was cross the street on a green light”) personals and real rap (“Slow down Goodz you using them, when times get hard for me I go to selling drugs, they get hard for you, you go to using them!”) talk to take this one in the end.
Verdict: Goodz (W) 1-0
Favorite line: Goodz – “I don’t care about this battle so much…nigga, I’m rooting for YOU!”
